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Show 341U1 C005 111999 EXP PRESS UTAH 307 W SALT 200 LfikE ASSOCIATION STE 5005 84 10 CITY UT S -3 68 Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! Volume 96, No 5 Wednesday, February .4, 1998 Times-New- ' Juab County Commissioners are contemplating consolidating the four voting districts in Eureka and one in Mammoth into one or two districts. 1 would suggest that Mammoth might come into Eureka to vote, said Pat Greenwood, county clerkauditor. She said there were only 20 registered voters in Mammoth which was hardly enough to justify paying election officials. A natural line for the cut would be the highway, said Ike Lunt, commissioner. 'v' Correspondent Juab County Commissioners voted to refund some property tax money to Eureka City. The commission went into a Board of Equalization meeting to See Refund on page 2 I right-of-wa- .41', -- s "j feT Joseph Bernini, commission chair and a resident of Eureka. Eureka District No. 3 is the biggest one with 135 registered voters. Greenwood said, aside from the expense of the electipn officials, she was having difficult time finding people who were willing to serve as election officials. No one wants the job, she said. There are approximately 100 registered voters in Eureka District No. 1 and Eureka . District No. 2, said Greenwood. Bernini said his one concern with consolidating districts was the weakening of the delegation from the area at the county conventions. We will have fewer delegates, he said. You would have the same number of delegates, said David Leavitt, county attorney. The number of delegates is based on the number of registered voters, a population factor, not on the number of districts, he said. You will have the same number, so your impact will not be watered down, he said. Bernini said, that being the case, he had no objection to consolidating the voting districts of Mammoth and Eureka into one large district. Such a consolidation would save the county taxpayers money because as many election officials would not be needed nor would as many voting spots be required. Greenwood said the district would have approximately 355 voters. There are almost JOQ voters in Nephi District No. 4," sh said. Levan was growing, said Greenwood, and had a comparable number of voters as the Eureka district would have if it were consolidated. Tunes-New- 1, - v'.-- t In such a cut, the districts By Myras Trauntvein , '' could be cut to two. Most of the population of the community is on the north, said $3.76 not need repair. There is no compensation mentioned in the agreements, said David Leavitt, county attorney. He said he would review the documents but he would advise the commission to include some language to cover possible damages. We need to include something about it, he said. It is better to have something in writing and a promise made to repair damaged roadways in case the roads were ruined by construction. We should have Bob Garrett, road superintendent, look at the plans and the documents because he is the one who knows about the roads in the coun, ......... J ty, said Lunt. There is no reason for me to review ' documents until you have struck a the t final deal, said Leavitt, He said the county was being offered a total of $7,1Q0 total for the easement. y Lunt said the county owned the J-i- ' on would the area the pipeline j vC'tir' go through. It is planned to go under SR 132 and through the county fairgrounds. -- I S' Wm. Boyd Howarth, commissioner, suggested another meeting be held with East Juab Water Conservancy and with I". representatives of CUP. We need to meet with them again, he said. The project benefits the people of Juab County, said Lunt. CUP is doing the PIPELINE COURSE The CUP will be laying a pipeline in Nephi during the upcoming months. The Juab County work, but the water will come to citiCommission is concerned about damage to public property at the Fairgrounds and have been discussing how to mitigate zens of the county. damage when roads are crossed. Myras Traifntvein Times-New- Correspondent Dig Money in the near future. The commission's only concerned held with Ross Garrett and Sheldon Talbot, representing Central Utah s Correspondent with the easements on the county-owne- d Project (CUP), a map was shown to the Central Utah Water Conservancy Disportion of th property and road- commission which indicated the roadwhere the pipeline will be laid. trict failed to include a dollar amount ways ways would be shot across. On their in a proposal to Juab County CommisIt is possible, since the roadways plans they have taken care said commisof the Ike would not be damaged when the equipto which sioners reconstruct roadways Lunt, roadway, sioner. the He was said drilled when discussion ment under the highway it would is laid be may damaged when a pipeline By Mynia Trauntvein s Single Copy Price Commission concerned afooint road damage daring pipeline construction Commission exploring consolidating voting district in Eureka area By 10 Pages '.5 3 County zoning regulations need better enforcement By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Zoning regulations in the county need to be enforced and someone needs to be hired who can do the job of writing up the infractions so the sheriffs department can serve notice for the violations. Jim McWilliams, representing the county planning commission, said the zoning ordinances needed to be enforced. We, the planning commission, do a lot of work but people still do pretty much what they want, said McWilliams. One day this county is going to en Moclky Correspondent Juab County will have another voting district when it comes election time this year. The precinct will be No. 13 for the newest community in the county. But there isnt a spooky reason nor even a bad luck omen attached. No one on the county level seems to be in the least superstitious. Pat Greenwood, clerk auditor for the county, reminded the Juab County Commission that Rocky Ridge, located near the Utah County and Juab County border, was now a community. They will be voting precinct No. 13, said Greenwood. The number 13 was arrived at because it was the next number in the sequence of voting precincts, she said. The new precinct had to be pulled out from the Mona precincts, said Greenwood. We just s note of some of the infractions, said fenders. The job, he said, would be David Carter, county sheriff. part time. The road crew has been good to reThe person needed would have to to be us have seen said Lunt. things they port Where would the pay come from? which are violations, said Joseph asked Howarth. Bernini, commission chair. We just need to hire a person to It would come from the fines and take care of this, said Lunt. He said forfeitures, said Lunt. It wouldnt it would not take much time and the take long to begin to bring in money county deputies and members of the and to get some control of the zonroad crew could point out violations. ing so the ordinances are respected The employee could then look at the in the county. Howarth said the commissioners problem and write up the violation. other responsibilities the county Lunt said the ideal employee for had given some thought to the procommission has assigned him, said the job would be a retired person who posal and were hoping to find someWm. Boyd Howarth, commissioner. would learn the ordinances and one who would meet the criteria and been have My deputies making would be willing to write up the of would be willing to take on the job. fair-minde- d, Kdge newest votieg By Myras Trauntvein Times-New- force the zoning ordinances, he said. Ike Lunt, commissioner, said the county sheriff, David Carter, had agreed to see that his deputies enforced the ordinances if they were legally turned over to the sheriff. Who writes them up? asked McWilliams. Glenn Greenhalgh, county zoning director, does not have the time required to police the infractions, write the tickets for offenders, and turn them over to the sheriff with all the and will include Rocky Ridge. portion of South Nephi. We created Precinct No. Levan school precinct includes a small 13 because Cal disihridt lao accounts for Precincts 11 and 12. The next in line was 13, said Greenwood. d the school precincts a short while ago, said Ike Lunt, commissioner. Growth, however, may dictate that another redistribution of school precincts be made in a few years. The growth of Mona may make it possible to create a separate Mona precinct. At present, the Mona school precinct also NEW VOTING DISTRICT Rocky Ridge, at the North end of Juab County, will become the newest voting distict for this includes a small area of North Nephi fall elections. The new distict will be number 13. re-di- |